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Photo By Craig Sirles
A FAMILIAR SIGHT-Long lines like this one to dinner
in the Hibbs cafeteria couId be seen at almost any spot on
campus this week. Students stood in lines to add or drop
courses, buy books, get ID cards or eat meals.
BKlIIMOl'fD, VIBODfJ& _
FrIday, September to, 1_
4-point system started;
requirements raised
A four-point grading system Is
in ~ffect at the Academic divi­sion
this year, and minimum
grade requirements are being
raised at the same time.
Bot h upperclassemen and
freshmen will be affected by the
new grading system, according
to James W. Bailey, assista.!lt
vice-president of academic af­fairs
. Mid-semester grades this
fall will be the first attempt to
grade under this system, he said.
Under the four-point seystem,
a person with a grade average
of C, or 2.00, would have twice
as many quality points as under
the three-point spstem used at
the school last year.
A STUDENT whose total qual­ity
points are less than twice the
number of credits attempted will
be considered academically de­ficient,
Bailey said.
The new minimum grade rule
will place on "academic warn­ing"
those students who are de­ficient
by between 110 and 20
grade points. Students deficient
by 21 or more points will face
suspension, according to Bailey.
The "academic warning" system
is being used for the first time
this year.
"Upperclassmen who h a v e
been in continuous attendance
in the institution will be allowed
the privilege of remaining un­der
the old regulations governing
attendance," Bailey said.
Greater ease in calculating a
student's grade point average
and in determining a student's
status for continuing in college
were the reasons given by Bailey
for changing to the four-point
system.
THE FOUR· POINT system
gives one quality point for a D,
two for a C, three for a B, and
four for an A. The three-point
system formerly did not allow
any quality points for a D.
Time allotted for completion
of requirements for graduation
has been shortened from 175
course hours attempted to 150.
Also, a student must have
achieved a 2.00 average after
three-and-a-half years to continue
in school.
Students remaining under the
old attendance regulations will
be subject to rules listed in pre­vious
catalogues regarding mini­mum
credits and quality points.
These rules state a person must
have acquired 18 credits and
quality points after his first year.
The requirement for second-year
students is 42, and for the third
year, 69.
Grade point average require­ments
for the dean's list will be
raised from 2.50 to 3.50. This is
a numerical change only; letter
grade requirements wiII not be
affected. Also, the number of
quality points required for grad­uation
will be doubled.
Acting provost
has dual roles
The acting provost of the
General Academics Division of
VCU is a young, resolute man
who has set a goal for himself
to help maintain and achieve
programs of "real quality" at
this university.
Norcntt recommends
House changeover date
Dr. Francis J. Brooke, 39, suf­tion,
which is by class presidents fered a setback to his initial
and elected senators, will remain work, however, due to an acci­unchanged
for a while if the Con- dent September 9, in which a
gress follows Norcutt's sugges- pony kicked him in the face
tions. while he wall riding in a neigh-
John C. Norcutt, president of
the StUdent Government Associa­tion
(SGA) has recommended
that projected changes in the
House of Representatives repre­sentation
take place October 18.
A motion to change the House's
structure from representation by
dormitories and clubs to repre­sentation
by schools and depart­ments
was passed last spring in
a student referendum
"We (the executive ~ommittee)
feel that the candidates need no
less than four weeks in which to
prepare their petitions for eligi­bility,"
Norcutt said in an inter­view
last week.
Vocal campaigning and hand­out
politicking may begin right
away, he added. Only 25 signa­tures
of students in a candidate's
department are needed to com­plete
a petition for office.
Norcutt suggested that each
department or schOOl have one
Convocation
is Monday
Dr. Francis J . Brooke, acting
provost and academic vice presi­dent
of the General Academics
DiviSion, wlll address students
and faculty at the opening con­vocation
for the yea on Monday,
Sept. 23.
The convocation ~~l be held at
10 a.m. at the Mosq{;;' auditorium.
Clasles will be dismissed at 9 ;30
~m. and wlll resume at 11 a.m;
ttendance at convocation is re­quired
for al\ freshmen and trans­(
pr stUdents, All new studentll
mUll take their convocation card!>
Which may he picked up at the
reception desk on th first floor
ot the Administration bu.lldlng.
representative per 100 full-time
undergraduates. A unit with less
than 100 students should have on­ly
one representative, he said.
"The figures to determine this
( departmental representation )
are those by the registrar's of­fice,"
Norcutt explained.
Based on projected enrollment
figures, he estimated represen­tation
would be taken down as
follows;
School Repre·
or senta·
Department tives
Art 13
Art and Sciences 7
Business 15
Distribution 4
Drama 2
Education 12
Engineering and Engineering
Technology 4
Music 2
Nursing 1
Occupational Therapy 2
Psychology 3
Social Science 7
Total 72
Norcutt said he will recom­mend
to the House that no re­presentatives
at large be elected.
"They defeat the whole purpose,"
he asserted . The purpose of
electing representatives from
schools or departments, he ex­plained
is to give candidates an
equal ~nit-Jike a state in the
federal system - to represent.
AOOJ..lSIlING alternate repre­sentatives
is another plan the
SGA president said he will pro­pose
to the HOllse. "No alternate
sitting in for a representative
can be qualified to make Impor­tant
decisions," he explained.
Apparently Senate represent a-
Norcutt indicated he is formu- bor's sulky. The sandy-haired
lating a plan for that body but administratbr said the base of
did not wish to disclose it imme- his nose was broken and numer­diately.
. ous stitches were taken. Exten­.
I!..-; j." '·sive dentistry is now being done
President
screenI• ng
continues
The Board of Visitors is con­tinuing
its search for a president
for the university, but there is no
indication that selection will take
place in the near future.
on his upper front teeth, but
his over-all improvement has
been steady, he said.
DR. BROOKE, who was ap­pointed
to the new administra­tive
position by the 'Board of
Visitors in late June, is work­ing
in a dual capacity as pres­ent.
From Centre College of
Kentucky (in Danville where he
was executive dean) he came to
Richmond in March at the invi­tation
of Dr. Roland H. Nelson,
Jr., then RPI president, to take
D~Franc~Brooke
Acting Provost
the position of vice president of
academic affairs, and he is still
carrying out the duties of that
office as well.
In an interview this week, Dr.
Brooke said he is "anxious to
see this institution continue to
maintain and develop programs
According to the board's rector, (Continued to Page 4)
Virginius Dabney, selection may
not be made for a year or more.
According to a spokesman here at
the general academic division, a
total of approximately 80 names
have been submitted. Edward A.
Wayne, vice rector, is head of a
committee set up by the board to
screen candida tes.
Student Activities
Committee abolished
Dr. Francis J . Brooke, act­ing
provost, has sent letters to all
faculty members asking them to
direct to him or to the board pro­posals
(or the presidency.
AOOORDING TO the spokes­man,
at least three persons whose
names have be n proposed for the
position have been meeting re­cently
with administrative figures
pnd deans on this campus.
In the meantime, coordinating
activities are being carried out
by Fred O. Wygai, pxecutive ad­ministrator
ot the univel"Sity.
Distribution of student activity
funds wiII be handied by the Stu­dent
Government Association this
year instead of the Student Ac­tivities
Committee as in the past.
This change in the process of
allocating funds was approved in
August by Acting Provost Fran­cis
J . Brooke.
With approval of the new plan,
the Student Activities Commit­tee
(SAC) was eliminated and its
duties divided into three group.~ .
The elimination of the SAC is a
result of a proposal made last
semester by Dr. Charles M. Ren­neisen,
dean of students and for­mer
chairman of the committee.
"The budget committee of the
SGA will function more or less
like the SAC," Renneisen said.
However, final approval of allo­cations
will be made by the stu­dent
congress.
OITING ADVANTAGES of the
new process the Dcan said " it
gives more responsibility t~ the
student congress and it gives
more of a public forum to dis­cussion.
Students and organiza­tions
have an opportunity to air
their requests before the com­mittee
and on the floor of con­gress."
(Contlnue4 on Page S)

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

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Photo By Craig Sirles
A FAMILIAR SIGHT-Long lines like this one to dinner
in the Hibbs cafeteria couId be seen at almost any spot on
campus this week. Students stood in lines to add or drop
courses, buy books, get ID cards or eat meals.
BKlIIMOl'fD, VIBODfJ& _
FrIday, September to, 1_
4-point system started;
requirements raised
A four-point grading system Is
in ~ffect at the Academic divi­sion
this year, and minimum
grade requirements are being
raised at the same time.
Bot h upperclassemen and
freshmen will be affected by the
new grading system, according
to James W. Bailey, assista.!lt
vice-president of academic af­fairs
. Mid-semester grades this
fall will be the first attempt to
grade under this system, he said.
Under the four-point seystem,
a person with a grade average
of C, or 2.00, would have twice
as many quality points as under
the three-point spstem used at
the school last year.
A STUDENT whose total qual­ity
points are less than twice the
number of credits attempted will
be considered academically de­ficient,
Bailey said.
The new minimum grade rule
will place on "academic warn­ing"
those students who are de­ficient
by between 110 and 20
grade points. Students deficient
by 21 or more points will face
suspension, according to Bailey.
The "academic warning" system
is being used for the first time
this year.
"Upperclassmen who h a v e
been in continuous attendance
in the institution will be allowed
the privilege of remaining un­der
the old regulations governing
attendance" Bailey said.
Greater ease in calculating a
student's grade point average
and in determining a student's
status for continuing in college
were the reasons given by Bailey
for changing to the four-point
system.
THE FOUR· POINT system
gives one quality point for a D,
two for a C, three for a B, and
four for an A. The three-point
system formerly did not allow
any quality points for a D.
Time allotted for completion
of requirements for graduation
has been shortened from 175
course hours attempted to 150.
Also, a student must have
achieved a 2.00 average after
three-and-a-half years to continue
in school.
Students remaining under the
old attendance regulations will
be subject to rules listed in pre­vious
catalogues regarding mini­mum
credits and quality points.
These rules state a person must
have acquired 18 credits and
quality points after his first year.
The requirement for second-year
students is 42, and for the third
year, 69.
Grade point average require­ments
for the dean's list will be
raised from 2.50 to 3.50. This is
a numerical change only; letter
grade requirements wiII not be
affected. Also, the number of
quality points required for grad­uation
will be doubled.
Acting provost
has dual roles
The acting provost of the
General Academics Division of
VCU is a young, resolute man
who has set a goal for himself
to help maintain and achieve
programs of "real quality" at
this university.
Norcntt recommends
House changeover date
Dr. Francis J. Brooke, 39, suf­tion,
which is by class presidents fered a setback to his initial
and elected senators, will remain work, however, due to an acci­unchanged
for a while if the Con- dent September 9, in which a
gress follows Norcutt's sugges- pony kicked him in the face
tions. while he wall riding in a neigh-
John C. Norcutt, president of
the StUdent Government Associa­tion
(SGA) has recommended
that projected changes in the
House of Representatives repre­sentation
take place October 18.
A motion to change the House's
structure from representation by
dormitories and clubs to repre­sentation
by schools and depart­ments
was passed last spring in
a student referendum
"We (the executive ~ommittee)
feel that the candidates need no
less than four weeks in which to
prepare their petitions for eligi­bility"
Norcutt said in an inter­view
last week.
Vocal campaigning and hand­out
politicking may begin right
away, he added. Only 25 signa­tures
of students in a candidate's
department are needed to com­plete
a petition for office.
Norcutt suggested that each
department or schOOl have one
Convocation
is Monday
Dr. Francis J . Brooke, acting
provost and academic vice presi­dent
of the General Academics
DiviSion, wlll address students
and faculty at the opening con­vocation
for the yea on Monday,
Sept. 23.
The convocation ~~l be held at
10 a.m. at the Mosq{;;' auditorium.
Clasles will be dismissed at 9 ;30
~m. and wlll resume at 11 a.m;
ttendance at convocation is re­quired
for al\ freshmen and trans­(
pr stUdents, All new studentll
mUll take their convocation card!>
Which may he picked up at the
reception desk on th first floor
ot the Administration bu.lldlng.
representative per 100 full-time
undergraduates. A unit with less
than 100 students should have on­ly
one representative, he said.
"The figures to determine this
( departmental representation )
are those by the registrar's of­fice"
Norcutt explained.
Based on projected enrollment
figures, he estimated represen­tation
would be taken down as
follows;
School Repre·
or senta·
Department tives
Art 13
Art and Sciences 7
Business 15
Distribution 4
Drama 2
Education 12
Engineering and Engineering
Technology 4
Music 2
Nursing 1
Occupational Therapy 2
Psychology 3
Social Science 7
Total 72
Norcutt said he will recom­mend
to the House that no re­presentatives
at large be elected.
"They defeat the whole purpose"
he asserted . The purpose of
electing representatives from
schools or departments, he ex­plained
is to give candidates an
equal ~nit-Jike a state in the
federal system - to represent.
AOOJ..lSIlING alternate repre­sentatives
is another plan the
SGA president said he will pro­pose
to the HOllse. "No alternate
sitting in for a representative
can be qualified to make Impor­tant
decisions" he explained.
Apparently Senate represent a-
Norcutt indicated he is formu- bor's sulky. The sandy-haired
lating a plan for that body but administratbr said the base of
did not wish to disclose it imme- his nose was broken and numer­diately.
. ous stitches were taken. Exten­.
I!..-; j." '·sive dentistry is now being done
President
screenI• ng
continues
The Board of Visitors is con­tinuing
its search for a president
for the university, but there is no
indication that selection will take
place in the near future.
on his upper front teeth, but
his over-all improvement has
been steady, he said.
DR. BROOKE, who was ap­pointed
to the new administra­tive
position by the 'Board of
Visitors in late June, is work­ing
in a dual capacity as pres­ent.
From Centre College of
Kentucky (in Danville where he
was executive dean) he came to
Richmond in March at the invi­tation
of Dr. Roland H. Nelson,
Jr., then RPI president, to take
D~Franc~Brooke
Acting Provost
the position of vice president of
academic affairs, and he is still
carrying out the duties of that
office as well.
In an interview this week, Dr.
Brooke said he is "anxious to
see this institution continue to
maintain and develop programs
According to the board's rector, (Continued to Page 4)
Virginius Dabney, selection may
not be made for a year or more.
According to a spokesman here at
the general academic division, a
total of approximately 80 names
have been submitted. Edward A.
Wayne, vice rector, is head of a
committee set up by the board to
screen candida tes.
Student Activities
Committee abolished
Dr. Francis J . Brooke, act­ing
provost, has sent letters to all
faculty members asking them to
direct to him or to the board pro­posals
(or the presidency.
AOOORDING TO the spokes­man,
at least three persons whose
names have be n proposed for the
position have been meeting re­cently
with administrative figures
pnd deans on this campus.
In the meantime, coordinating
activities are being carried out
by Fred O. Wygai, pxecutive ad­ministrator
ot the univel"Sity.
Distribution of student activity
funds wiII be handied by the Stu­dent
Government Association this
year instead of the Student Ac­tivities
Committee as in the past.
This change in the process of
allocating funds was approved in
August by Acting Provost Fran­cis
J . Brooke.
With approval of the new plan,
the Student Activities Commit­tee
(SAC) was eliminated and its
duties divided into three group.~ .
The elimination of the SAC is a
result of a proposal made last
semester by Dr. Charles M. Ren­neisen,
dean of students and for­mer
chairman of the committee.
"The budget committee of the
SGA will function more or less
like the SAC" Renneisen said.
However, final approval of allo­cations
will be made by the stu­dent
congress.
OITING ADVANTAGES of the
new process the Dcan said " it
gives more responsibility t~ the
student congress and it gives
more of a public forum to dis­cussion.
Students and organiza­tions
have an opportunity to air
their requests before the com­mittee
and on the floor of con­gress."
(Contlnue4 on Page S)